The latest point-in-time count of homelessness found 4,177 homeless people in Multnomah County. That is roughly 30 percent of all the state's homeless population, at 13,953, according to the 2017 count.

Brown announced her request at the largest shelter for homeless families in Multnomah county.

Approximately 130 children and parents live at the shelter, run by the nonprofit Human Solutions, in a small shingled building that was once the Woodshed Restaurant on 160th and Stark.

Human Solutions is housing an additional 270 parents and children in churches and motels.